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Download full textBright, Donald C. – 1973
Educators and computer scientists have the obligation to humanize students' images of the computer. This can be achieved if students can be brought to realize that computers can be viewed as extensions of the human brain, making possible otherwise inconceivable human advances. Students should be shown that these machines can perform functions…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computers, Humanism, Humanization
Mathews, Walter M. – 1973
Five computerized narrative assessment reports are discussed. These are: (1) the Teaching Information Processing System Student Report, used for a college economics course; (2) the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT) Score Report; (3) the Programmed Composition of Psychological Test Reports employed at the Mayo Clinic for reporting results…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computers, Evaluation, Humanism
Johnson, Mark – 1973
The systematic approach used by the state of Washington to humanize education by meeting the computing needs of its community college system is described. A brief sketch of the background of the state's community college system is provided, along with some indications of significant trends at the community college level. The general systems…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Computer Oriented Programs, Computers, Humanism
Scatena, Paul – 1987
The computational problem-solving mode of thought that has become widespread since the computer revolution has two aspects. The first aspect is the organization of one's view of the world into "context-free" terms and uniform relations between these terms. The relations that are to hold among these terms are taken to be standardized, and…
Descriptors: Appropriate Technology, Computer Simulation, Computers, Cultural Context
Cherry, Jim – 1973
The modern educator works in a society threatened by several potential revolutions and torn by the conflict between the philosophies of materialism and humanism. In this situation the data processor has a unique opportunity to contribute to educational efficiency and to human harmony, provided he adopts certain premises and procedures. Regarding…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Science, Computers, Data Processing
Falzetta, John N. – 1973
Computers can be valuable tools of humanization if educators use them to relate the curriculum to the students' lives and to make schools more desirable places in which to learn. Despite the facts that much of the content of both the country's generally accepted national goals and students' interests and problems is affective in nature, most…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Cognitive Objectives, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs
